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Is the Dunkin’ Donuts Opening on Flushing Ave Signaling the End of Creative Bushwick?

If you regularly pass the giant carwash called Wow at the corner of Flushing and Knickerbocker Ave in Bushwick, you should know that it will soon no longer be part of your commute

By Coline Delaporte

July 23, 2015 · 3 min read

Wick Talk

Is the Dunkin’ Donuts Opening on Flushing Ave Signaling the End of Creative Bushwick?

If you regularly pass the giant carwash called Wow at the corner of Flushing and Knickerbocker Ave in Bushwick, you should know that it will soon no longer be part of your commute

Coline Delaporte July 23, 2015Jul 23, 2015 · 3 min read

If you regularly pass the giant carwash called Wow at the corner of Flushing and Knickerbocker Ave in Bushwick, you should know that it will soon no longer be part of your commute. A 24-hour Dunkin’ Donuts and a Popeyes are instead set to replace it, DNAinfo reported last week.

The large lot facing The Loom, home to unique stores geared towards Bushwick’s creative community, is already undergoing the transformation. The owner, Adris Nadry, and his family, own a few other franchises in the area already.

Nestled between the Morgan and Jefferson stops, Flushing Ave is the poster child of gentrification. Hipster hangouts like King Noodle, The Narrows and recently opened Forrest Point began marking the landscape a few years ago and are on a continuous incline, as are rents in the area.

Indeed, Bushwick is a New York mecca for hipsters, artists, and creatives looking for a community that seems to have disappeared in an increasingly corporate (and expensive) Williamsburg. Pricey “artisanal…